15 Minutes to "Ship It": From Zero to Production with Node.js (Clean Architecture + REST API + Kafka + Docker & CI/CD)

The article demonstrates how to set up a production-ready Node.js service in minutes using Clean Architecture, TypeScript, MySQL, Flyway migrations, Kafka messaging, Docker Compose, and GitHub Actions CI/CD. It walks through project initialization, dependency installation, layered directory structure for Clean Architecture, and event-driven messaging with Kafka using the Connection Promise pattern.